Directions

Don your smock.

Lie your watercolour paper into your craft tray. Sketch out your underwater scene using a whiteout (correction) pen. A glue pen or a glue bottle (with a nozzle tip) will also provide a resist, but the pens provide finer detail. Our son had a suggestion for younger children of making simple bubbles with a round sponge and acrylic paint, which also worked as a resist.

Allow to dry.

Dilute your watercolour paint and apply it to your project like a wash. You could add undiluted paint over top in spots or water to create various effects. Additionally you can apply your acrylic paint to accent certain areas while it is wet or dry. Our son also experimented with absorbing some of the paint with a paper towel.

Allow to dry overnight.

Fold your paper in half. Fold a small pile of copy paper in half. Insert your copy paper into your cover, staple and then trim the edges. We used a bit of paper tape to cover the staples to prevent any scratches.

Draw away! (Our booklets were for a car trip, but these would be great for sketching beach finds, recording aquarium observations etc.)

Purpose

Exploring various resists for painting

Creating child-made sketch books

Safety Notes

We suggest that you wear a smock and use a craft tray to protect your clothing and surfaces.